Blog - geocaching

There is plenty of crossover with geocaching and other activities. In my local area, we have many people that seek out Survey Monument Markers, affectionately called Brass Caps. A ToTT (Tool of the Trade) that comes in very handy for them is a metal detector. This article highlights some of the ways that a Metal Detector can be useful for geocaching.

Earlier this year we shared the news about the Medicine Hat Acccomodation Association (MHAA) Geocoin Challenge (See Part 1 and Part 2). One lucky winner was able to participate in the challenge courtesy of the MHAA and the Days Inn. The following is her story: GRANNY LADY’S MHAA GEO-COIN CHALLENGE BLOGDid we ever have an adventure [...]

Iron Horse Trail is Alberta's First and Longest Geocache Power Trail. Alberta’s Iron Horse Trail is a 300km long, rails-to-trails project located in northeast Alberta. "Mile Zero" at Abilene Junction is the center of the three trail branches extending west to Smoky Lake, north to Cold Lake and south to Heinsburg. Traverse gentle slopes, rolling hills [...]

Oh, the places you’ll go!
What a fun family adventure! At the beginning of March, we announced that the Medicine Hat Accommodation Association (MHAA) was launching a geocoin challenge (
see blog entry here), running from March 1 to October 31 this year. We were fortunate enough to be invited to take on the challenge (not that [...]

Gold
Country is spectacular sunrises and sunsets over lakes, mountains, meadows, and
canyons; over rugged semi-desert landscape and sweeping expanses of
emerald-green forest; over endless fields of golden grassland and the roar of
river rapids. It’s a region where every turn of the road brings the promise of
magnificent new vistas, and where hidden treasures are waiting to be
discovered. Between [...]

Enjoy the hidden secrets of Southern Saskatchewan by getting off the beaten trail to sites seldom visited, scenic views, historic sites, museums and buildings following the Prairie Storms Adventure Trail. The name also pays tribute to Alberta's Prairie Winds Adventure Trail.Some of the geocaches in series will take you along the Red Coat Trail, which [...]

Many geocachers enjoy spending a day or two in Medicine Hat, and it isn't just the power trails (although ther are three to choose from), nor the geo-art (although it is pretty impressive, and there are four to choose from), or even the people (although we enjoy their company plenty, every time we are there). [...]

It is no secret that Banff National Park is one of the most beautiful places to visit in the Rocky Mountains. "In the fall of 1883, three Canadian Pacific Railway construction workers stumbled across a cave containing hot springs on the eastern slopes of Alberta's Rocky Mountains. From that humble beginning was born Banff National [...]

Have you been to Valemount, BC? There are some great reasons to put Valemount on your list of places to visit this summer!
Valemount is nestled in the beautiful Rocky Mountains, just west of Jasper. In 2014, the Valemount Museum received a grant from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance partnering with
Tourism Valemount to create a souvenir [...]